2008Final results
2008 election for North Carolina House District 23
North Carolina House of Representatives · North Carolina
Joe Pat Tolson (D) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating Garland Shepheard (R) by 24.4 points.
Joe Pat TolsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.2%20,211
Garland ShepheardRepublican
37.8%12,275
32,486 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET